Japan, Germany Crown Champions
Event Coverage Staff
Saturday, September 01, 2007
The Summer of Magic continues to speed along, sweeping up hundreds of players in its wake. This weekend features two huge National Championships.
Masaya Kitayama, a 22-year old student and former finalist in the High School Championships, took the title of National Champion with his black-green discard deck. His opponent was also a 22-year old Kanagawan student. Ren Ishikawa was playing MoriKatsu Storm, a variant on the Aussie Storm deck, designed by last year's winner Katsuhiro Mori.
Bodo Rösner is an old-timer from Bremen, who fought his way from a 4-3 start right to the top. Rösner won 17 games straight between his last loss and the moment when he was National Champion. His final opponent was Dennis Johannsen, who is a semi-pro with a couple of Pro Tour appearances under his belt, but no successes on the big show yet..